There was a hint of a smile in Christian’s voice as he said, “We’ve met before. I’m Joshua’s nephew.“

Shannon sneaked a look at the man next to her, who at this moment had an expression as cold as ice. “Um, where’s Luna?“

“She’s in the shower,“ Christian replied impassively, “if you have anything to tell her, you can just say it to me.“

The atmosphere in the office seemed to drop a few degrees colder.

Shannon felt her breath catch in her throat. “Well…I wanted to bring a friend to the party tonight, but I wanted to ask Luna’s permission first.“

“Of course you can.“ Christian furrowed his brows. “ By all means, bring an extra guest if you’d like. I ‘ll let her know when she comes out of the shower.“

Shannon nodded. “Alright, then…thank you! “

With that, she quickly hung up, afraid that Joshua would toss the phone out the window in anger.

“President Lynch…“

The atmosphere in the office was so cold that Shannon felt she would freeze over at any moment. She stood up timidly and said, “I ‘ll…I’ll be off now.“

that, she slipped out of the room without even waiting for

chair, his

Christian…

Blue Bay Villa.

the shower, Christian

Nellie wanted to help, too, but were chased out of the kitchen by Christian. “Don’t come in and

places like this. Go off and play

doesn’t make you better than us! You’re already nineteen! Neil is only six, but he’s already a great cook! If he were here today, you wouldn’t be behaving like this at

brows, not knowing how to explain

gently stroked Nellie’s hair. “Alright, alright. It’s such

“What do you mean, bad news? Is bringing Neil up bad news? I’ve told

standing on the stairs, watched the determined look

help but feel comforted.

saw how sure Nigel and Nellie were that Neil was still alive, Luna could not

she would tell them the truth about Neil, and all of them would work together to track Neil

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